AI revolution risks widening global divide – EEF experts

Experts at a forum in Vladivostok, Russia have warned that unequal access to AI could deepen global divisions and reshape jobs and incomes AI is advancing faster than governments can regulate it and could widen global inequality, making international cooperation essential to managing its development, experts at the Eastern Economic Forum (EEF) warned.The 11th EEF takes place September 1-4 in Vladivostok, Russia, focusing on investment, the development of the country’s Far East, and economic cooperation across the Asia-Pacific.At Wednesday’s ‘Future of AI Governance’ session, speakers discussed how to make the technology safe and trustworthy.“AI capabilities are advancing far faster and becoming far more powerful than governments can understand, assess and control,” Svetlana Lukash, the deputy head of Russia’s Presidential Experts’ Directorate, said.Lukash told RT on the sidelines of the EEF that the international community must agree on how to align AI with human values, principles, and knowledge. She said BRICS could develop a common approach, but broader cooperation is needed. “AI knows no borders,” she said. “If geopolitical disagreements did not stand in the way and the whole w...